ocaml / ocaml/dune

Atomic Promotions

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enhancement
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Description

A promotion to the source tree allows dune to observe the source tree in an inconsistent state. We should prevent that by making promotions atomic.

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by locating Dune's promotion implementation and its tests, then determine how an atomic promotion can prevent observers from seeing a partial source-tree update; done means promotions no longer expose an inconsistent intermediate state.

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Assessment

Tech stack
ocaml
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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